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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Amina Abubakar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrgreenmartin@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:37:44 -0800
Subject: Re: Success Funds Transfer To You///

Hi,   
Sir or Madam good day. I am  Amina Abubakar  Deaf & Dumb writing you because i want to do important thing for you,With Almighty doing and his grace I got your contact in confidence after much thinking based my present situation of  life.
 
I saw your profile and be convince, I want to  giving you the total sum of  #3.5Million (Three Million Five undred united State Dollars)because since I  lost my father and mother and left alone on earth while having a liver and heart failure problem which the doctor is sending me for a major operation and the doctor stated that i will not be alive.
 
Frankly, before the sudding death of my beloved parents in a private hospital, the told me to seek for a help from any country of my choice to invest the funds but now for the funds not be confiscate that's why  I am contacting you to receive the funds and make use of it and put me in your daily prayers, my parents was a seller of cars and do export a Native Cooking Red Oil  on contract bases,
 
After sending you this email i shall  be going to the operation and based what the doctor told me that i dont have time on earth to live any more,with your kind honest, trusted do receiving this fund immediately for your personal use,Actually I am doing this to receive blessing on my last day,by so doing to enable you receiving the funds, kindly contact GREEN MARTIN the financial consultant  on his below:
email :mrgreenmartin@ymail.com   
 
email :mrgreenmartin@aol.com
Ask him to send you the fund on  your name through ATM MASTER CARD or  Bank  Draft because i have already told him that i am sending some one  to receive the funds which is you.
 
Do contact him as soon as  you receive this email, and do mention my name Amina Abubakar that i sent you  for both trust and confidence good bye.
Yours faithfully,
Amina Abubakar
 

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